To work out your salvation with fear and trembling: through the virtues, sacraments, and ascetic endeavors, in the theanthropic body of Christ, for the love of God and man, and always by the uncreated grace of the thrice-brilliant Lord.

If you have faith, everything else will fall in to place....you will yearn for the Sacraments, yearn to learn more about God, and yearn to please Him...and never give up. Repent and rejoice!

From the Holy Fathers:

A brother confessed to Abba Sisoes."I fell, Father. What am I to do now?""Get up," said the Holy Elder, with his usual simplicity."I got up, Abba, but I fell into that cursed sin again," the brother confessed with great sorrow."And what's stopping you from getting up again?""For how long?" the brother replied." Until death finds you either falling or rising. It is written, "wherever I find you there shall I judge you" the Elder explained. Only pray to God that during your last moment you will be found upright in holy repentance."

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Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.—St. Isaac of Syria

No. I mean that if you love God, you will want to pray, you will want to fast, you will want to go to church, you will want the sacraments, you will want to worship Him according the truth of Who He is. And you will recognize His image and likeness in your neighbor and treat them like such. Someone who loves God asks "what can I do to express my love for God and draw closer to Him", not "what's the bare minimum I can get away with" or "how can I get out of doing this".

Ask not what God can do for you, but what you can do to get right with God.

alright. here we go. what are the two most important things for me to do to make myself likable to God? If I can do more I will. But I want to know the 2 most important thngs. The 2 most mandatory things. Any suggestion?

"However [important] prayer, fasting, vigils and all the other Christian practices may be, they do not constitute the aim of our Christian life. Although it is true that they serve as the indispensable means of reaching this end, the true aim of our Christian life consists of the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. As for fasts, and vigils, and prayer, and almsgiving, and every good deed done for Christ's sake, are the only means of acquiring the Holy Spirit of God. Mark my words, only good deeds done for Christ's sake brings us the fruits of the Holy Spirit."

Baptism and Chrismation, of course, acceptance of the Orthodox Christian faith as stated in its dogma propounded by the Ecumenical Synods (Councils), regular participation in the Divine Services of the Church, especially the Divine Liturgy, sincere effort to follow the 10 Commandments, regular participation in the required sacraments of the church, and observance of the Church Calendar along with following the practices, the spiritual exercises, of the church. In short, believe and live the life of an Orthodox Christian.

"However [important] prayer, fasting, vigils and all the other Christian practices may be, they do not constitute the aim of our Christian life. Although it is true that they serve as the indispensable means of reaching this end, the true aim of our Christian life consists of the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. As for fasts, and vigils, and prayer, and almsgiving, and every good deed done for Christ's sake, are the only means of acquiring the Holy Spirit of God. Mark my words, only good deeds done for Christ's sake brings us the fruits of the Holy Spirit."

I would say certainly that counts, yes. As for others, there is first of all cultivating some of the many virtues: Love, Goodness, Peace, Mercy, Longsuffering, Patience, Impartiality, Compassion, Generosity, Faith, Vigilance, Chastity, Stillness, and Zeal, Remembrance of God, Humility, Gentleness, Meekness, Temperance, Sincerity, Reticence, Discretion, Modesty, Simplicity, Sobriety, and Discernment.

Baptism and Chrismation, of course, acceptance of the Orthodox Christian faith as stated in its dogma propounded by the Ecumenical Synods (Councils), regular participation in the Divine Services of the Church, especially the Divine Liturgy, sincere effort to follow the 10 Commandments, regular participation in the required sacraments of the church, and observance of the Church Calendar along with following the practices, the spiritual exercises, of the church. In short, believe and live the life of an Orthodox Christian.

There are none, none that our wretched mind can even imagine. It is completely up to God, making a list or thinking of essentials is pointless because when we do that, we try to bring God down to our level and that could never happen.

There are none, none that our wretched mind can even imagine. It is completely up to God, making a list or thinking of essentials is pointless because when we do that, we try to bring God down to our level and that could never happen.

Ask not what God can do for you, but what you can do to get right with God.

alright. here we go. what are the two most important things for me to do to make myself likable to God? If I can do more I will. But I want to know the 2 most important thngs. The 2 most mandatory things. Any suggestion?

First of all, God already likes you, so I don’t really understand this part. But, to answer your question:

Ask not what God can do for you, but what you can do to get right with God.

alright. here we go. what are the two most important things for me to do to make myself likable to God? If I can do more I will. But I want to know the 2 most important thngs. The 2 most mandatory things. Any suggestion?

First of all, God already likes you, so I don’t really understand this part. But, to answer your question:

1) Die to self2) Live for God

how do you know that he likes me? Has he told you that? He never told me.

Ask not what God can do for you, but what you can do to get right with God.

alright. here we go. what are the two most important things for me to do to make myself likable to God? If I can do more I will. But I want to know the 2 most important thngs. The 2 most mandatory things. Any suggestion?

First of all, God already likes you, so I don’t really understand this part. But, to answer your question:

1) Die to self2) Live for God

how do you know that he likes me? Has he told you that? He never told me.

And here I thought you read the bible. God loves everyone. Keep the snarky comments at bay if you desire a serious discussion. If I took your comment the wrong way, I apologize, but it does seem snarky.